3 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Foremost \Fore"most'\, adjective [OE. formest first, AS. formest,
fyrmest, superl. of forma first, which is a superl. fr. fore
fore; cf. Goth. frumist, fruma, first. See {Fore}, adverb, and
cf. {First}, {Former}, {Frame}, verb (used with an object), {Prime}, adjective]
First in time or place; most advanced; chief in rank or
dignity; as, the foremost troops of an army.
THat struck the foremost man of all this world. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
foremost
adjective
1: ranking above all others; "was first in her class"; "the
foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top
graduate" [syn: {first}, {world-class}]
2: situated closest to the bow; "the foremost compartment of
the ship"
3: preceding all others in spatial position; "the foremost
compartment of the ship" [syn: {frontmost}]
adverb
1: prominently forward; "he put his best foot foremost" [syn: {first}]
2: before anything else; "first we must consider the garter
snake" [syn: {first}, {firstly}, {first of all}, {first
off}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
90 Moby Thesaurus words for "foremost":
ahead, all-absorbing, antecedent, anterior, arch, banner, before,
best, capital, cardinal, central, champion, chief, controlling,
crowning, dominant, exordial, first, firstly, focal, fore,
foregoing, forehand, forward, front, frontal, great, head, heading,
headmost, hegemonic, highest, in advance, in front,
in the forefront, in the foreground, in the front, in the lead,
inaugural, initial, initiatory, leading, magisterial, maiden, main,
master, notable, noted, noteworthy, overriding, overruling,
paramount, precedent, preceding, precessional, precursory,
predominant, preeminent, prefatory, preliminary, preludial,
prelusive, premier, preparatory, preponderant, prevailing,
prevenient, primal, primarily, primary, prime, principal, prior,
proemial, prominent, propaedeutic, ranking, ruling, sovereign,
star, stellar, supereminent, superior, supreme, to the fore,
to the front, topflight, topmost, up ahead, uppermost
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